Strong's Lexicon
G668
G668 — ἀποφεύγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G668 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποφεύγω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G5343 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | apopheugo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-of-yoo'-go |
| Meaning: | 1. (figuratively) to escape |
| KJV Renderings: | escape |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποφεύγω (participle in 2Pe 2:18 L T Tr WH; Winer’s Grammar, 342 (321)); 2 aorist ἀπεφυγον; (from (Homer) batrach. 42, 47 down); to flee from, escape; with the accusative, 2Pe 2:18 (where L T wrongly put a comma after ἀποφεύγοντας (Winers Grammar, 529 (492))), 20; with the genitive, by virtue of the preposition (Buttmann, 158 (138); Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 1 c.), 2Pe 1:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποφεύγω (escape)
2 Peter 1:4
- KJV: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust
- GK: δι΄ ων τα τίμια ημίν και μέγιστα επαγγέλματα δεδώρηται ίνα διά τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοί φύσεως αποφυγόντες της εν κόσμω εν επιθυμία φθοράς
2 Peter 2:18
- KJV: For when they speak great swelling of vanity they allure through the lusts of the flesh wantonness those that were clean escaped from them who live in error
- GK: υπέρογκα γαρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν εν επιθυμίαις σαρκός ασελγείαις τους όντως αποφυγόντας τους εν πλάνη αναστρεφομένους
2 Peter 2:20
- KJV: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning
- GK: ει γαρ αποφυγόντες τα μιάσματα του κόσμου εν επιγνώσει του κυρίου και σωτήρος Ιησού χριστού τούτοις δε πάλιν εμπλακέντες ηττώνται γέγονεν αυτοίς τα έσχατα χείρονα των πρώτων